Carpool

Carpool is a 1996 comedy film directed by Arthur Hiller and starring Tom Arnold and David Paymer. Workaholic Daniel Miller (Paymer) has an important business meeting but finds himself having to drive the neighborhood carpool for his kids and their friends when his wife gets sick. Stopping to get Danish for the kids, things go even more awry when he finds himself a victim of a robbery. The situation worsens as Franklin Laszlo (Arnold), a desperate... more

Carpool is a 1996 comedy film directed by Arthur Hiller and starring Tom Arnold and David Paymer. Workaholic Daniel Miller (Paymer) has an important business meeting but finds himself having to drive the neighborhood carpool for his kids and their friends when his wife gets sick. Stopping to get Danish for the kids, things go even more awry when he finds himself a victim of a robbery. The situation worsens as Franklin Laszlo (Arnold), a desperate carnival owner who had been contemplating a bank robbery, robs the robbers and takes Daniel and the kids hostage in their Toyota Previa van as his truck is blocked by an armored car. A comedic car chase ensues through Seattle. Daniel discovers his kids and their friends do not really respect him and they react better to Franklin. The film received universally poor reviews, with many critics panning its poor plot and acting, with a Metacritic rating at 15/100 and Rotten Tomatoes giving the film a 0% rating. less